The nurse is preparing a list of patients who will need the annual influenza inoculation. Which older adult will most likely refuse this vaccination?
A) A 71-year-old Christian Scientist
B) A 68-year-old man who attends a Unitarian church
C) A 68-year-old female patient who identifies herself on admission as a Jehovah's Witness
D) A 78-year-old who says that she is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
A
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Christian Science is a religion based on the use of faith for healing. Christian Scientists may decline drugs, psychotherapy, hypnotism, vaccination, and some other treatments. The other religions and beliefs do not specify that vaccinations are to be avoided.
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